March 30, 1962 Telegram

Telegram dated March 30, 1962 from Martin Luther King Jr. to President Kennedy, urging him to consider Judges William Hastie and Thurgood Marshall in filling a vacancy on the Supreme Court: "THIS IS SUPERB OPPORTUNITY FOR THE ADMINISTRATION TO REVEAL TO THE WORLD ITS SERIOUS DETERMINATION TO MAKE THE NEGRO A FULL PARTICIPANT IN EVERY PHASE OF AMERICAN LIFE."